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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785893903321

Titolo

Higher education for sustainability : cases, challenges, and opportunities from across the curriculum / / edited by Lucas F. Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-33668-0

1-283-60523-6

9786613917683

1-136-33669-9

0-203-12304-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Classificazione

EDU015000

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnstonLucas F

Disciplina

338.9/270711

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development - Study and teaching (Higher)

Sustainability - Study and teaching (Higher)

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Higher Education For Sustainablity; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction: What's Required to Take EfS to the Next Level?; Section 1 Understanding the Landscape for Change; 2 The Emerging Environmental Sustainability Programat Meredith College: Exploring Student and Faculty Interest and Participation; 3 Understanding Student Environmental Interests When Designing Multidisciplinary Curricula; 4 Learning Outcomes: An International Comparison of Countries and Declarations; Section 2 Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Strategies and Tactics

5 Systems Study of an International Master's Program: A Case from Sweden6 Keys to Breaking Disciplinary Barriers that Limit Sustainable Development Courses; Section 3 Educating the Professional; 7 Strategies for Transforming Healthcare Curricula: A Call for Collaboration Between Academia and Practitioners; 8 Sustainability and Professional Identity in Engineering Education; 9 Implementing



Environmental Sustainability in the Global Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Industries: Developing a Comprehensive Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum; Section 4 Problem-Based Learning

10 Everybody's Business: Addressing the Challenge of Team-Teaching Partnerships in the Global Seminar11 The Moral Ecology of Everyday Life; 12 The Living Home: Building It into the Curriculum; Section 5 Transformational Approaches; 13 Shaping Sustainability at Furman and Middlebury: Emergentand Adaptive Curricular Models; 14 Stepping Up to the Challenge - The Dalhousie Experience; 15 Sustainability as a Transformation in Education; 16 Toward a Resilient Academy; Epilogue; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Student and employer demand, high-level institutional commitment, and faculty interest are inspiring the integration of sustainability-oriented themes into higher education curricula and research agendas. Moving toward sustainability calls for shifts in practice such as interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for engaged learning. This timely edited collection provides a glimpse at the ways colleges and universities have integrated sustainability across the curriculum. The research-based chapters provide empirical studies of both traditional and innovative degree programs as well as case studies from professional schools. Chapter authors illustrate some of the inclusive and deliberative community and political processes that can lead to sustainable learning outcomes in higher education. Exploring the range of approaches campuses are making to successfully integrate sustainability into the curricula, this much-needed resource provides inspiration, guidance, and instruction for others seeking to take education for sustainability to the next level"--